Antiskidding tire-armor.



D. FASOLD.

ANTISKIDDING TIRE ARMOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 6, 1910.

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DANIEL FASOLD, OF KESNICK, IOW'A.

ANTISKIDDING TIRE-ARIL'IOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- lf-.pplic2ti0n filed October 8,1910. Serial No. 585,694.

ment in Antislridding Tire-Armor, of which the following is a specification.

The object or my invention is to provide a means, simple, strong, durable and iDQXPQZlsive, in construction for preventing skidding and sliding or the front wheels of an automobile when the is traveling over a wet and muddy road- A further object is to construct a device for this purpose which may be easily and quickly attached to, or detached from, the wheel and which will not tear or injure the casings.

ltj'iy invention consists of certain details of construction hereinafter set forth, pointed out my cluinis, and illustrated in the acdrawinr in. which-- Aigure It shows a side eevation view of an automobile wheel. fitted out with my dcvicc; Big. shows a side elevation view of one ot the sections I employ to make up the chain which. constitutes my device; and Fig. lll shows a transverse sectional view of one of my sections, taken on the line 3-3, in Fig.

My device consists of s series of specially tructed metal sections, designed to tend the casing and. to constitute what might be termed a flexible n'ietal shicl d therefor,- and shaped inen'ibers with depending hooked arms, one of said members being secured between adjacent sections.

Rcferriag to the accompanying drawings the reference numeral is used to indicate a wheel or" an automobile and the numeral 11 the casing mounted thereon, My specially constructed metal sections are stamped, or out, from one piece of metal so bent as to nrovide a hollow central longitu dinel raised pt tion 12 that is U-Sl1t1pl in cross-section, and two depending curved flanges, l3 and 14 respectively, extending downwardly, one from each longitudinal side thereof, the said two flanges, in. combination with each other providing a concsved under surface designed to lit-over the outer surface of the casing and constitute a receptacle therefor. Obviously each section is provided with an orifice at each end by also is. plurality of saddle means otwhich it is riveted, as shown 2.12.15, to its ad acent sections, all the sections so oined forming aflexible metal shield, or

chain, adapted to be fitted around the casing, the raised portions being centrally located thereon.

The saddle shaped members ,l .,e1nploy are also constructed of one piece or metal so; bent as to provide a raised central portion 16 that projects into the hollow portion 12 and with two downwardly curving outwardly hooked arms, 1-7 and 18 respectively, one on each side of said raised portion, said arms being of suflicient length to extend practically over the casingwhen the shield is secured thereon. The raised portion on this said member is provided with on orifice designed to receive a rivet which will secure it in the chain, one rivet securing adjacent section and one of said members. As all of these members are similar it is obvious that a pluralit of uniform arms, evenly spaced, will lie provided around. each. side of the casing when the shield is secured thereon. The end sections in the shield are designed to be secured together by any of the ordinary means.

The numeral 19 indicates a wire or chain which is designed to pass over all the arms on one side of the chain, the hooks holding it in position, sziid wire or chain having its ends secured together so that it may be drawn tight as shown in Fig. I. Each side of the shield is provided with such a Wire, or chain, and by this means my shield is held in pcrn'mncnt position relative to the casing.

When my shield is secured to the casing the plurality of sections, formed and joined as described, provide one continuous raised portion which extends outwardly from the central line of the casing, and this raised portion is designed to cut into the mud and Patented Jan. is, 19-13. I

provide the means whereby the wheels of an automobile are prevented from Sliding and skiddin I I realize that my device is not practical for use on the drive, or rear wheels of a car and only claim it as beneficial when used on the frontwheels.

The construction of the parts of my device may be "alteredsomewhat without afi'ecting myv invention, the principal feature of which is to provide the aforesaid continuous raised portionfto sink in the mud and on adequate means to secure my devicein permanent relation to the casing.

ent of the United States, is:

sections, each section Having thus described myinvention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patadjacent ends of a pair of adjacent sections,

to secure the saddles tothe wheel. of metal and means I 2. Tue armor including av series sections, each section having a central portion bent in the form of an inverted U to form a longitudinal anti-skidding part, the ends of said part extendin beyond the ends of the section, asaddle s aped member at each end of each section the saddle members having central rojections which: are received in the sai U portion of the section, said saddle members being located beyond the ends of the section, means to connect the U portions of the saddles and sections, and means to secure the saddles to the wheel.

DANIEL FASOLD; Witnesses: I

WILL RIGKMAN, U. MCBRIDE. 

